[Arid_gardener] Re: [Oleamder Leaf Scorch ID

[Dick Gross]

You didn't sign your name so I will address you as unkefero. I have been a 
certified Master Gardener since 1995 and have made many house calls and will 
make more if required as have and do many other people in the service do. 
But, you have to keep in mind that we are all volunteers, most of us have 
extensive yards to care for,  many have families and work 40 hours a week or 
more and, with gasoline at about 3 bucks a gallon, travel to peoples homes 
can be a bit expensive for those of us on fixed income and a Master Gardener 
never accepts a fee. We have all been trained by University personal but out 
teachers are the experts. In addition, many Master Gardeners are brilliant 
but one has to remember we are all amateurs, some more amateur than others. 
The home owner should know first hand that the volunteer has made his best 
educated guess about a set of symptoms and could be wrong.

I personally have no clue what leaf scorch looks like.

Your best bet, if you have a bonified problem, is, in my humble opinion, to 
take plant parts to your nearest retail nursery where you regularly trade. 
Most will, for obvious reasons, go all-out to help. These people are better 
equiped than any of us to diagnose a problem especially since they may have 
seen a hundred similar cases.

The other option is to find your nearest University of Arizona Maricopa 
County Cooperative Extension where the true experts in all matters 
horticultural and agricultural are headquartered. The agency does a huge 
service for the public and, technically, exist to serve the citizens of the 
State in which you reside and they do so eagerly.

Master Gardener Volunteers function as an amatuer arm--so to speak, of those 
facilities.

This forum is distributed far and wide. If my appraisal is off the mark, 
Some one or many will jump in to dispute my veracity but that is a safety 
feature that works to educate us all about "Mrs. Smith's" dying plants.

Do not hesitate to respond if your inquiry is not satisfied.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Olin Miller" <olindmiller at att.net>
To: <unkefer67 at hotmail.com>; <arid_gardener at Ag.arizona.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 10:25 PM
Subject: [Arid_gardener] Re: [Oleamder Leaf Scorch ID


> ----- Original Message ----- From: <unkefer67 at hotmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 10:30 AM
>> amy 85013 unkefer67 at hotmail.com
>>I think my oleanders are suffering from leaf scorch.  Is there anyone in 
>>Phx. that can come see them and make an accurate diagnosis?
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> Master Gardeners do not make house calls.
>
> There is an article with photos at
> http://cals.arizona.edu/PLP/plpext/diseases/trees/oleander/oleleaf.htm
> that may help with ID.  Or bring a sample to one of the four r gardener 
> offices,. locations and hours at
> http://cals.arizona.edu/maricopa/garden/html/general/question.htm
>
> Olin Miller, Master Gardener Volunteer
> U of A Cooperative Extension, Maricopa County AZ
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